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Cleveland State University NewsenCSU Presents Fourth Annual Startup Vikes Competition, February 24-26http://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-presents-fourth-annual-startup-vikes-competition-february-24-26
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Event provides pathways for Cleveland entrepreneurs</em></p>
<p>Entrepreneurs, developers, designers, marketers, inventors and startup enthusiasts will have the opportunity to share ideas, form teams, build prototypes and launch a business, all within the span of a single weekend, at Cleveland State University’s fourth annual Startup Vikes competition.</p>
<p>The event runs Friday, February 24<sup>th</sup> through Sunday, February 26<sup>th</sup>, 2017 in CSU’s Student Center Ballroom, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland.</p>
<p>Using Lean Startup methodologies, Startup Vikes begins with pitches, voting for the top ideas and team formation. A series of workshops then guides participants through building a business including business modeling, customer development, branding, revenue/financial models, legal pointers and pitching to investors.</p>
<p>A cash infusion and prize packages are awarded to the top three businesses formed from the weekend.</p>
<p>“Startup Vikes provides a pathway for entrepreneurship,” said Colette Hart, senior director of the Centers for Outreach and Engagement in CSU’s Monte Ahuja College of Business. “It demonstrates Cleveland State University’s commitment to providing innovative programming that engages beyond the classroom and impacts the greater community.”</p>
<p>Tickets are $49 for CSU students and $125 for community members. The cost includes all workshops, meals from Friday afternoon through Sunday night, snacks, beverages, resources, access to experts and more. Register at: <a href="http://www.startupvikes.com">www.startupvikes.com</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>President’s Holiday Reception</strong></p>
<p><strong><span>Wednesday, December 7, 2016</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>2:00 – 4:00 p.m.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span>Student Center Glasscock Family Foundation Ballroom</span></strong></p>
<p><img alt="Toys for Tots" height="96" width="300" style="float: right;" class="media-element file-default" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/toys-for-tots.png" title="" /></p>
<p><em><strong><span>Toys for Tots Donation</span></strong></em></p>
<p><span>During this holiday season we ask that you bring a new, unwrapped toy that will be distributed to a child that is less fortunate in our community by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. </span></p></div></div></div>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:20:10 +0000600103117391 at http://www.csuohio.eduNew Book Examines Jewish Identity and Jazz Musichttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/new-book-examines-jewish-identity-and-jazz-music
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Presents first comprehensive analysis of how jazz has been used to explore Jewish experience</em></p>
<p><img alt="Jews &amp;amp; Jazz" height="452" width="300" style="width: 300px; height: 452px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/JewsAndJazz.jpg" title="" /></p>
<p>Jazz history includes numerous contributions from Jewish artists, from Benny Goodman to John Zorn, who have played a major role in the development of the music from its birth in New Orleans to the present day. However, there has been little examination of why so many Jewish musicians gravitated to jazz or how they used the music to explore Jewish identity and experience.</p>
<p><em>Jews and Jazz: Improvising Ethnicity</em>, a new book by Charles Hersch, chair of the Department of Political Science at Cleveland State University, seeks to answer these question and shed light on how jazz music reflected and influenced “Jewishness” in 20<sup>th</sup> Century America.</p>
<p>“I have long had an interest in music and politics as well as a love for jazz music and was struck by the fact that there had been little analysis of why so many Jewish musicians chose to focus on jazz,” Hersch says. “Through this book I hope to provide a better understanding of how Jewish musicians expressed their identities through the music and how that expression transformed as Jewish identity changed through the years.”</p>
<p>Hersch argues that in the 1920s and 1930s, when Jews were seen as foreigners, Jewish jazz musicians fought for a more inclusive America, for themselves and for African Americans. They did this both by creating music that would represent ethnic diversity and by forming interracial bands. As Jews became more accepted in society, during the 1940s, musicians wary of assimilation gravitated to jazz’s outsider status, using the music to identify with African Americans and “re-minoritize.” Finally, beginning in the 1960s and continuing today, some Jewish musicians have combined jazz and Jewish music into a hybrid form that explores and advances their identities as Jews in a multicultural society.</p>
<p>“Jazz music has provided an avenue for an ongoing conversation about race and ethnicity that Jewish musicians have contributed to and gained inspiration from,” Hersch adds. “By better understanding how Jews have used jazz we can gain more knowledge about the evolution of the Jewish experience in America and the ways music can serve as a vehicle for ethnic dialogue.”</p>
<p>The book is part of Routledge Press’ Transnational Studies in Jazz series and can be purchased online at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jews-Jazz-Improvising-Charles-Hersch/dp/1138195790">https://www.amazon.com/Jews-Jazz-Improvising-Charles-Hersch/dp/1138195790</a>. In addition, Hersch will be doing a book reading and signing at 7 p.m., Monday, December 12 at the Beachwood Public Library, 25501 Shaker Blvd, Cleveland, OH.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Making significant progress on efforts to increase degree attainment</em></p>
<p>Recognizing the urgent need to quickly and substantially increase the number of Ohioans with postsecondary education credentials, Ohio’s public four-year universities have launched a wide range of initiatives designed to increase efficiency, affordability and degree attainment. But while these efforts are enhancing higher educational quality, more state support is essential to ensure we have the high-skilled workers necessary to be successful in our increasingly high-tech world.</p>
<p>“Ohio faces a severe talent gap and if we do not close it good, high-paying jobs, and the companies producing them, will leave our state” said Ronald M. Berkman, president of Cleveland State University.</p>
<p>Experts note that Ohio will need to produce 1.7 million additional post-secondary degree holders by 2025 to meet business demand.</p>
<p>“To thrive and prosper economically, Ohio must dramatically increase the number of individuals with college degrees, and Ohio’s public universities to implement new innovations that can help us reach that goal,” added Berkman, who is serving a two-year term as President of the Inter-University Council of Ohio, an association that represents Ohio's 13 public universities and two freestanding medical colleges.</p>
<p>Among the many steps universities are taking to enhance retention and completion include the following:</p>
<ul><li>Each public university in the state has developed plans to provide all in-state undergraduate students the opportunity to reduce the cost of earning a degree by 5 percent. For example, in partnership with the Association of Public Land Grant Universities, Cleveland State provides bridge scholarships to senior students, who have maxed out of financial aid, so they are able to complete their degrees.</li>
<li>Ohio’s public universities have also implemented completion plans that outline specific strategies for increasing the number of students earning postsecondary education credentials, particularly those needed for high-demand, living–wage occupations. As part of this effort, CSU has implemented a campaign which utilize active outreach from academic advisors, email marketing and social media to encourage students to take at least 15 credit hours per semester, which will help ensure students graduate on time and with less debt.</li>
<li>Each university has conducted an efficiency review and implementation plan designed to improve operational quality and enhance academic success for all students. For example, CSU has established specific five-year goals for generating re-deployable resources to benefit students. These savings were achieved through a comprehensive review of operational budgets and will be targeted at faculty initiatives, scholarship programs and other activities that specifically improve student success.</li>
</ul><p>Berkman also commended the Governor and state legislature for their efforts to increase state support for higher education over the last two years, but noted state funding per student remains 27 percent below the national average.</p>
<p>“At a time when Ohio’s public universities play such an important role in preparing students to achieve their full potential, driving economic growth and supporting a strong democracy, support for our universities has been significantly impacted by the effects of the Great Recession,” noted Berkman. “Continued progress on raising education attainment levels and creating economic opportunity will require a continued partnership with state officials to enhance investment in and support for higher education. The pay-off will be a brighter, more prosperous future for Ohio.”</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>CSU President Ronald M. Berkman delivers the 2016 State of the University address via video. Watch it here:<br /><img alt="File" class="file-icon" src="/modules/file/icons/video-x-generic.png" title="video/youtube" /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rmdoshKriY" type="video/youtube; length=0">2016 State of the University Address</a><span> </span></p></div></div></div>Wed, 26 Oct 2016 19:02:31 +0000259439217122 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU and UIC Engage in Friendly World Series Bethttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-and-uic-engage-in-friendly-world-series-bet
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>University presidents wager a case of Bertman Ballpark Mustard vs. deep dish pizza</em></p>
<p>As members of the Horizon League, Cleveland State University and the University of Illinois at Chicago annually square off against each other to determine who reigns superior on the athletic fields. The two universities’ cities are now vying for a bigger prize – a World Series championship.</p>
<p>The 2016 Series begins Tuesday in Cleveland, pitting the Chicago Cubs against the Cleveland Indians, two teams who collectively have not won the Fall Classic in 174 years. But one team’s streak will soon come to an end.</p>
<p>Cleveland State President Ronald M. Berkman is so confident the Indians will be victorious that he is willing to wager UIC Chancellor Michael Amiridis, putting up one of Cleveland’s most prized possessions, a case of Bertman Original Ballpark Mustard. Amiridis enthusiastically accepted the challenge, countering with a Chicago tradition, deep dish pizza.</p>
<p><img alt="UIC Wager" class="media-element file-default" info="%22media%22%7D" height="588" src="/sites/default/files/UICWager.jpg" title="" typeof="Image" width="573" /></p>
<p><img alt="UIC Wager" class="media-element file-default" info="%22media%22%7D" height="554" src="/sites/default/files/UICWager2.png" title="" typeof="Image" width="576" /></p>
<p>“Cleveland is on a roll, and I am confident the Indians will follow the Cavaliers and bring a second championship home to our city in 2016,” Berkman says.</p>
<p>Berkman previously bet Kevin McCormick, president of Huntington University in Ontario, Canada, that the Indians would defeat the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series, winning a case of Canadian maple syrup in the process.</p>
<p>Since relocating to Chicago less than two years ago, Amiridis has been faithfully following both the Cubs and the crosstown White Sox. With the South Side Sox waiting for next year, Amiridis’ attention is focused solely on the Cubs.</p>
<p>“The entire city has been captivated by them the entire year. They won more than 100 games with great pitching, offense and defense. I’m confident the World Series trophy will end up in Chicago,” said Amiridis.</p>
<p>The Cubs last won the World Series in 1908, at the spot that now houses the UIC College of Medicine. The ballpark was called West Side Grounds and was the Cubs’ home from 1893 to 1915. The Indians last won the World Series in 1948 and the city of Cleveland suffered a 52-year championship drought which was finally snapped when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA title in June.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:28:12 +0000600093317113 at http://www.csuohio.eduThe 22nd People’s Art Showhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/22nd-people%E2%80%99s-art-show
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Galleries at CSU" class="media-element file-default" info="%22media%22%7D" height="35" src="/sites/default/files/Galleries-At-CSU-2c.png" title="" typeof="Image" width="450" /></p>
<p>October 28 – December 8, 2016<br />
Opening Reception: Friday October 28<br />
5 to 8 p.m.</p>
<p><a href="/artgallery">www.csuohio.edu/artgallery</a></p></div></div></div>Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:06:07 +0000251039017103 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU Hosts BET Vote 2016’s Changing the Climate Tourhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-hosts-bet-vote-2016%E2%80%99s-changing-climate-tour
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University will host a stop by BET Vote 2016’s Changing the Climate tour on campus Tuesday, October 25. The campaign seeks to encourage young, African-American voters to get involved in the political process and voice their vote in the 2016 presidential election.</p>
<p>The CSU stop will include a panel discussion featuring leading civic activists and political commentators discussing what individual citizens can do to effect political change and improve their lives and their communities. <strong>The event will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in CSU’s Main Classroom Building, 2121 Euclid Avenue, Room 136.</strong></p>
<p>Panelists will include MSNBC contributor Kwame Jackson, civil rights and anti-violence advocate Tamika Mallory, political consultant Telley Madina, Adrienne Cooper, deputy director of Defend Our Future, and Julian Rogers, director of CSU’s Office of Civic Engagement.</p>
<p>BET Vote 2016 seeks to increase voter registration, voter efficacy and participation in the democratic process. The Changing the Climate Tour is organized by Vestige Strategies. For more information visit, <a href="http://changingtheclimate.us/">http://changingtheclimate.us/</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Recognized for innovative initiatives designed to increase diversity in science and health</em></p>
<p>Meredith Bond has long had a passion for expanding opportunities for minorities and underrepresented groups in the sciences and health care professions, a passion that was cultivated by her mentor Dr. Donald E. Wilson, long-time dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the first African American dean of a non-minority medical school in the United States. During his tenure at Maryland, minority student enrollment increased and minority faculty nearly quadrupled.</p>
<p>As dean of the College of Sciences and Health Professions at Cleveland State University, Dr. Bond has placed a significant focus on encouraging the success of innovative mentoring programs and peer networks that can assist in increasing the number of minority and underrepresented populations in science and health care fields. The success of these efforts has led to Dr. Bond’s selection as the 2016 winner of the Excellence in Mentoring Award, presented by the Association for Academic Minority Physicians and the National Research Mentoring Network. Dr. Wilson, past President of the AAMP, presented Dr. Bond with the award at the 30th Annual Meeting of the AAMP earlier this month.</p>
<p>“Both by example and through his own efforts to expand diversity in medicine, Dr. Wilson highlighted for me the tremendous importance of providing equality of opportunity for all people and the central role education can play in that effort,” Dr. Bond says. “I am extremely honored to receive this award from the AAMP on behalf of the College of Sciences and Health Professions and am pleased that this award highlights the fact that support and mentorship are necessary to assist all students in being successful.”</p>
<p>During her tenure at CSU, Dr. Bond has enthusiastically supported numerous programs designed to enhance mentoring and outreach for minorities, underserved populations and first generation college students. These include: the TRIO McNair program, which supports first generation college students entering scientific professions; Operation STEM, an NSF-funded initiative designed to assist at-risk students in completing introductory mathematics courses; and the NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban Health, which recruits and trains a more diverse health care workforce to provide primary care in medically-underserved urban communities.</p>
<p>“I am very pleased with the success we have had at CSU in building nationally recognized mentoring initiatives, but without a doubt, it requires a team effort.” Dr. Bond adds, “I would like to thank the College’s faculty, staff, and most importantly our students, for the dedication, enthusiasm and support they have brought to these programs. These individuals are truly the reasons the programs have worked so wel</p>
<p>Dr. Bond has served as dean of the College of Sciences and Health Professions since 2011 and was previously professor and chair of the Department of Physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Prior to that, she spent 16 years as a heart researcher with the Cleveland Clinic, conducting groundbreaking work on the molecular basis of the regulation of contractility in the heart.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Parker Hannifin is once again offering academic scholarships to current and prospective students of Cleveland State University through the Washkewicz Scholars Program and the Parker Hannifin Scholars Program.</p>
<p><strong>Applications are currently being accepted and the deadline is January 3, 2017.</strong> Engineering students please <a href="/engineering/scholarships/parker-hannifin-and-washkewicz-scholars-program">click here</a> to apply or learn more about each scholarship program; business students please <a href="/business/student-resources/scholarships-for-prospective-undergraduate-students#Parker">click here</a>.</p>
<p>While all eligible students are encouraged to apply, preference will be given to Parker Hannifin employees’ dependent children pursuing an undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>Students who receive scholarships through the new programs will also be considered for a summer internship or co-op at Parker Hannifin, where they will be able to establish lifelong connections and gain valuable real-world experience.</p>
<p>Students must be accepted into the Washkewicz College of Engineering or the Monte Ahuja College of Business to apply.</p>
<p>The Parker Hannifin/Washkewicz Scholars program are available to undergraduate students of all majors relevant to Parker Hannifin’s business, while the Washkewicz Scholars scholarships are reserved for students pursuing an undergraduate degree in Engineering.</p>
<p>The scholarships are provided through the generous donations of Donald E. and Pamela Washkewicz, and the Parker Hannifin Foundation.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 20:03:50 +0000259439217091 at http://www.csuohio.eduCleveland State Participates in Cross-Border ALCS Wager with Huntington Universityhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/cleveland-state-participates-in-cross-border-alcs-wager-with-huntington-university
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As the Cleveland Indians begin their pursuit of the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, Cleveland State University has accepted a friendly cross-border ALCS wager with Huntington University, located in Greater Sudbury, Ontario.</p>
<p>The wager was put forward by Huntington University President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Kevin McCormick – a life-long Toronto Blue Jays Fan.</p>
<p><img alt="McCormick Tweet" class="media-element file-default" info="%22media%22%7D" height="583" src="/sites/default/files/McCormickTweet1.png" title="" typeof="Image" width="638" /></p>
<p>Cleveland State University President Ronald M. Berkman didn’t hesitate and accepted quickly.</p>
<p><img alt="Berkman Tweet" class="media-element file-default" info="%22media%22%7D" height="777" src="/sites/default/files/BerkmanTweet.png" title="" typeof="Image" width="639" /></p>
<p>This clearly is Cleveland’s year, after the Cavaliers ended our city’s championship drought this summer,” said Dr. Berkman. “We have full confidence in our beloved baseball team and are certain that the Canadian maple syrup will arrive here in no time.”</p>
<p>Dr. McCormick meanwhile is confident Bertman’s Ballpark mustard will make the journey to Canada. </p>
<p><img alt="McCormick Tweet" class="media-element file-default" info="%22media%22%7D" height="175" src="/sites/default/files/McCormickTweet2.png" title="" typeof="Image" width="636" /></p>
<p>The best-of-seven series will determine the American League pennant winner and representative in the 2016 World Series. The Cleveland Indians have not won the Series since 1948 the second longest drought in the majors after the Chicago Cubs.</p>
<p><strong>About Cleveland State University</strong></p>
<p><a href="/">Csuohio.edu</a></p>
<p>With an enrollment of more than 17,000 students, eight colleges and more than 200 academic programs, Cleveland State is committed to providing a hands-on learning environment where faculty and students connect and ideas mesh with real-world experience. We strive to serve the public, to support faculty in their teaching endeavours and research and to prepare students to lead productive, responsible and fulfilling lives in the region and around the world.</p>
<p><strong>About Huntington University</strong><br /><a href="http://www.huntingtonu.ca/">Huntingtonu.ca</a><br />
Huntington University, located in the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, is a liberal arts university specializing in Communication Studies, Gerontology, and Religious Studies. Huntington University offers a unique learning community with a distinctive culture of positive relationships and interaction between faculty, support staff and students. Huntington empowers each person in a way that builds life-long commitment to continuous personal, interpersonal, professional and spiritual development for all members of the community. Huntington is an independent university and also a member of the Laurentian Federation.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:03:40 +0000600104717082 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU and St. Vincent Charity Seek to Foster Medical Innovation in Downtown Clevelandhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-and-st-vincent-charity-seek-foster-medical-innovation-in-downtown-cleveland
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Efforts build on the existing academic and medical hub in the Campus District</em></p>
<p>Cleveland State University and St. Vincent Charity Medical Center have announced a new collaboration to support and expand on the existing academic and medical hub in the Campus District.</p>
<p>Individually, CSU St. Vincent Charity are powerful economic drivers, representing hundreds of millions of dollars to the local economy and thousands of jobs. Together, CSU and St. Vincent's play an integral role in the ongoing revitalization of Cleveland, the Campus District and the Central Neighborhood.</p>
<p>Starting in early 2016, the two institutions began exploring ways in which they could work together to make a greater impact on our city and region. For example, through a collaboration between CSU’s Washkewicz College of Engineering and St. Vincent’s Spine &amp; Orthopedic researchers are working together to improve rehabilitation techniques and create new prosthetic technology. And that’s just the beginning.</p>
<p>True to their respective missions, these institutions are also exploring ways in which they can address the opiate epidemic in a collaborative manner that not only expands treatment in the short term, but also identifies new evidenced-based treatments and research that will address tomorrow’s challenges.</p>
<p>“All of this is exciting for both of our organizations, but most importantly, it is exciting for the Campus District and the communities we are blessed to serve,” said Dr. David F. Perse, president and CEO of St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, at the event. “Not even a year into our partnership and our collaboration is already generating tangible results.”</p>
<p>“As anchor institutions, we recognize our responsibility to serve the people of Cleveland,” said Cleveland State University President Ronald M. Berkman. “Together, St. Vincent and CSU are committed to this mission.”</p>
<p>“At the core of everything we do at CSU is our philosophy of Engaged Learning, which extends our classrooms into the city itself,” Dr. Berkman added. “Engaged Learning prepares our students to succeed in their chosen professions by combining higher education and hands-on experience through co-ops, internships and other real-world opportunities.”</p>
<p>Work has also included engagements between St. Vincent Charity and faculty and researchers in CSU’s Colleges of Engineering and Sciences and Health Professions, the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and the School of Nursing. St. Vincent Charity is a teaching site for CSU’s joint medical degree program with Northeast Ohio Medical University, which is dedicated to training a more diverse group of health-care professionals to meet the unique health-care needs of urban neighborhoods.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="LeBron James" height="450" width="300" style="width: 300px; height: 450px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/LeBronLarry.jpg" title="" />When LeBron James raised the Larry O’Brien Trophy on June 19, Cleveland’s 52-year championship drought was finally over. It also marked the first time since the founding of Cleveland State University that our beloved city celebrated a major league championship.</p>
<p>Many of us went to the Cavs parade and got a glimpse of the Larry O’Brien Trophy. But now you can get up close and personal. The trophy is coming to CSU’s Student Center on Oct. 13!</p>
<p>Next Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., CSU students, faculty and staff can take their photos with Larry. All you have to do is bring your Viking ID Card and your camera or smartphone!</p>
<p>We’ll have basketball-themed cupcakes, mini Gatorade bottles, a DJ and lots more. In short, it’s going to be another great celebration of our Cavaliers before they tip off their 2016-17 season and receive their championship rings.</p>
<p>We can’t wait to see your selfies with Larry. Go Cavs!</p></div></div></div>Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:21:50 +0000600104716931 at http://www.csuohio.eduOhio Lean Buildings Program Seeks to Make Region Greenerhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/ohio-lean-buildings-program-seeks-make-region-greener
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>CSU works with State of Ohio to provide free energy audits for local organizations</em></p>
<p>Significant cost savings and emissions reductions can be achieved through conducting simple energy audits of buildings. However, most non-profits and small businesses do not have the budget flexibility to hire outside consultants to conduct the audits or implement recommendations.</p>
<p>In an effort to assist local companies and organizations in taking advantage of this opportunity, Cleveland State University partnered with the State of Ohio to conduct free energy audits of area buildings, identifying simple fixes and low cost recommendations that could conserve energy and reduce operating costs. The university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering received a grant through the Ohio Lean Building Program, managed by the University of Dayton, to train students on conducting ASHRAE Level 2 audits, the standard in the industry, and then partnered with other local universities and non-profits to conduct the studies.</p>
<p>“We were able to assist local organizations in better assessing energy use, while also providing a tremendous, real-world training opportunity for our students,” says Dr. Mounir Ibrahim, chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in CSU’s Washkewicz College of Engineering.</p>
<p>The teams completed studies of facilities at Cuyahoga Community College, Case Western Reserve University and CSU. They also partnered with the Cleveland 2030 District, a non-profit dedicated to helping commercial buildings in downtown Cleveland and University Circle reduce energy consumption and improve operational efficiency. All participants received a full report of performance and areas for improvement as well as a list of recommendations to reduce energy use.</p>
<p>“CSU is dedicated to improving environmental quality in all aspects of operations and this opportunity was a perfect fit with our broader sustainability efforts,” notes Constantin Draganoiu, manager of utilities and energy at CSU.</p>
<p>“These audits provide concrete actions that organizations can take to conserve energy, reduce their environmental impact and control costs, which are simply invaluable to any building owner,” notes Cynthia Cicigoi, executive director of the Cleveland 2030 District. “We are proud to partner with CSU to extend this opportunity to our members and hope to continue to work with them in the future to provide additional services to neighborhood institutions.”</p>
<p>Moving forward, Ibrahim’s team will assess the data collected from their audits, as well as information collected by the University of Dayton, to identify trends and best practices that can assist in improving the overall auditing process. The team is also seeking additional funding to conduct a new round of audits with local community partners.</p>
<p>“This effort is a perfect example of how a university can work with its community to provide significant value both to its students and society as a whole,” Dr. Ibrahim adds.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Join us for VikeFest at 6 p.m. today, September 29, in Mather Mansion </em></h6>
<p>The CSU Homecoming Parade scheduled to step off from Krenzler Field at 6:30 p.m. today, September 29, has been canceled because of inclement weather.</p>
<p>VikeFest will proceed this evening. The festivities have been moved inside Mather Mansion, with a new start time of 6 p.m. Hope to see you there! </p></div></div></div>Thu, 29 Sep 2016 21:02:10 +0000259439216896 at http://www.csuohio.eduCollege of Business to host third annual Internship & Co-op Expohttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/college-business-host-third-annual-internship-co-op-expo
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Internship Expo" class="media-element file-default" info="null%7D" height="444" src="/sites/default/files/InternshipFair.jpg" title="" typeof="Image" width="800" /></p>
<p>The Monte Ahuja College of Business will hosts its third annual Business Internship &amp; Co-op Expo from 1 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13.</p>
<p>The event is a prime opportunity for students to meet multiple employers in one location, learn about what they are looking for in candidates for internship, co-op or even career opportunities at their organizations. Students who attended the Expo in 2014 and 2015 not only found it helpful, they were able to craft their resumes, cover letters and network with business professionals. Some students even obtained internships as a direct result of their attendance.</p>
<p><a href="/business/internships/students-register-for-business-internships-co-op-expo">Click here to learn more about the expo and to sign up. </a></p></div></div></div>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:16:16 +0000600104716887 at http://www.csuohio.eduLaw Enforcement Experts Discuss Cybersecurity Risks and Best Practiceshttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/law-enforcement-experts-discuss-cybersecurity-risks-and-best-practices
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will host "Wild, Wild Web: The FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and SecureState on Cybersecurity," Tuesday, October 4 at 11:30 a.m. in the Moot Court Room. The event is sponsored by the Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection at Cleveland-Marshall.</p>
<p>To kickoff Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the free event will feature speakers from the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and SecureState, a private information security firm. These industry experts will discuss issues that affect students and professionals, including what to do if information is hacked or a cyberattack occurs.</p>
<p>Featured topics include:</p>
<ul><li>Cybersecurity issues facing college students that go beyond posting pictures on social media</li>
<li>Overall online security and specifically as it relates to online job applications</li>
<li>Safety and security of U.S. students and U.S. business professionals traveling abroad, including Internet and phone vulnerabilities, counterintelligence and criminal threats, and being targeted because of where they go to school or who they work for</li>
<li>Law firm cyber‐threats</li>
</ul><p><strong>Consumer Resource Fair:</strong></p>
<p>This lecture coincides with a consumer resource fair from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the C|M|LAW atrium, where representatives from law enforcement and community organizations with expertise in consumer protection issues will be on hand to answer questions and offer free resources. Organizations represented include the Federal Trade Commission, Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Cuyahoga County Department of Consumer Affairs, the Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Cleveland, and other members of the Cleveland Consumer Action Network.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Now you can use your 2015 income information to file your 2017-2018 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).</p>
<p>You no longer have to wait until January.</p>
<p>For more information and to complete your 2017-2018 FAFSA, go online to <a href="http://www.fafsa.ed.gov" id="LPlnk767613">www.fafsa.ed.gov</a></p>
<p>Three things you need to do:</p>
<ol><li>Get an FSA-ID number for yourself and if required for your parent at <a href="http://www.fsaid.ed.gov">www.fsaid.ed.gov</a></li>
<li>Complete your 2017-2018 FAFSA online at <a href="http://www.fafsa.ed.gov">www.fafsa.ed.gov</a></li>
<li>Use the IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) on the FAFSA to transfer your 2015 income.</li>
</ol><p>Benefits to early filing:</p>
<ul><li>Families will receive award notifications earlier and will have time to explore financial aid options and plan for their college expenses.</li>
<li>Families no longer will have to wait to file their income tax returns to file their FAFSA.</li>
<li>More families can transfer accurate data from the IRS and avoid having to make corrections.</li>
</ul><p>For more information is available through CSU's Campus 411 All-in-1. <strong>Visit</strong>: Main Classroom, Rm. 116 <strong>Call</strong>: 216-687-5411 <strong>Email</strong>: <a href="mailto:allin1@csuohio.edu">allin1@csuohio.edu</a></p></div></div></div>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 16:13:51 +0000600093316718 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU Alumna Amy Roediger Wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teachinghttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-alumna-amy-roediger-wins-presidential-award-for-excellence-in-mathematics-and-science
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Amy Roediger, a graduate of Cleveland State University’s College of Education and Human Services, has won a prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) from President Barack Obama.</p>
<p>The award recognizes outstanding K-12 science and mathematics teachers from across the country. Winners are selected by a panel of distinguished scientists, mathematicians, and educators. Roediger was one of 213 honorees who received their awards earlier this month at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p>“The PAEMST recognizes excellent teaching, but to achieve excellence requires the help and support of many people,” said Roediger, a chemistry teacher at Mentor High School. “Though I am the one being honored, this award also celebrates my own tremendous teachers, my industrious students and their parents, my encouraging administrators and colleagues, and my incredibly supportive family. This community of people compels me to do my very best work every day in my classroom and beyond.”</p>
<p>Roediger has been an educator for 25 years and has spent the last 20 years teaching chemistry at Mentor High School. She currently teaches Honors Chemistry to 10th–12th grade students. She also taught physical science and chemistry at Shaker Heights High School.</p>
<p>A recent inductee into the Ohio High School Speech League’s Hall of Fame, Roediger has coached competitive speech and debate for 25 years because she is passionate about clear, concise communication and critical thinking.</p>
<p>Roediger’s love of teaching goes beyond the classroom. She served as an adviser to the Hershey Montessori chapter of Roots &amp; Shoots, a Jane Goodall initiative that teaches students to help people, animals, and the environment. She also recently began a computer coding camp for 4th, 5th and 6th graders.</p>
<p>Roediger teaches graduate workshops on educational technology at Lake Erie College. She is also a regular presenter at area educational technology conferences. As a Network Regional Leader for the Ohio Department of Education, she helps schools integrate Ohio’s Science and Technology Learning Standards.</p>
<p>Roediger earned a B.A. in chemistry from Hiram College and a M.Ed. from CSU. She is a National Board Certified Teacher in adolescent and young adult science and holds a Chemistry 7–12 Permanent Certificate and Lead Professional Educator license in the state of Ohio. </p></div></div></div>Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:10:09 +0000259439216716 at http://www.csuohio.eduStudents, Faculty and Staff Are Invited to the Annual President’s Picnichttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/students-faculty-and-staff-are-invited-annual-president%E2%80%99s-picnic
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University students, faculty and staff are invited to the annual President’s Picnic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, September 15, on the Student Center Plaza. (In the event of rain, the picnic will be held in the Student Center Atrium.)</p>
<p><span>Enjoy free food and more on our vibrant campus! </span></p></div></div></div>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 20:01:29 +0000259439216713 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU Students Ranked Among Smartest in Ohiohttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-students-ranked-among-smartest-in-ohio
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University students were ranked among the smartest in Ohio according to a recent report by the online college guide Niche. The report ranked universities based on SAT/ACT data and peer reviews. CSU finished sixth among public universities in the state.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="https://colleges.niche.com/rankings/smartest-students/">report</a>.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 15:52:10 +0000600093316710 at http://www.csuohio.eduCleveland State welcomes new class of honors studentshttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/cleveland-state-welcomes-new-class-honors-students
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h3><img alt="Honors" class="media-element file-default" info="%22media%22%7D" height="234" src="/sites/default/files/honors_img.png" title="" typeof="Image" width="600" /></h3>
<h3>Honors College Students Have Demonstrated Superior Academic Achievement</h3>
<p>Among its record-breaking 1,900 first-year students, Cleveland State University welcomed its new class of honors students to campus this week. The 115 students are among a select number enrolled in the University Honors Program at the Jack, Joseph &amp; Morton Mandel Honors College. They come from as close as Cleveland and as far as Florida, and their majors represent all of the university's colleges.</p>
<p>The Jack, Joseph &amp; Morton Mandel Honors College was established in 2014 to serve the needs of academically talented and highly motivated students. It houses two distinct programs – the University Honors Program and the University Scholars Program – and serves a diverse group of students from a full range of backgrounds.</p>
<p>Each year, the University Honors Program accepts a very limited number of students; approximately 40 first-year students and 20 juniors. The University Scholars Program has the capacity to admit a larger number of students than the University Honors Program; however, all students accepted into Honors College Programs have demonstrated superior academic achievement through their coursework and results on tests such as the ACT and SAT.</p>
<p>To learn more about the Jack, Joseph &amp; Morton Mandel Honors College visit <a href="/honors">www.csuohio.edu/honors</a>. </p></div></div></div>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:56:24 +0000251039016693 at http://www.csuohio.eduThree New Members Appointed to CSU’s Board of Trusteeshttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/three-new-members-appointed-csu%E2%80%99s-board-trustees
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> Ohio Governor John Kasich has appointed three new members to Cleveland State University’s Board of Trustees. Todd Davidson and Deborah Vesy have been selected to serve as members of the Board and Sierra Davidson will serve as a student representative to the Board.</p>
<p>“I am very pleased to welcome these outstanding individuals to the Board and look forward to working with them to continue the positive momentum we have created here at CSU,” says Ronald M. Berkman, president of Cleveland State. “Todd Davidson and Deborah Vesy are both innovative leaders in our community and their experience and talent will be major assets. In addition, Sierra Davidson is a tremendous student, athlete and campus leader and will be an excellent representative for the student body.”</p>
<p>Dr. Todd Davidson serves as chief executive officer and senior pastor for the Historic Antioch Baptist Church in Cleveland. He is also a member of the Shaker Heights School Board and previously served as chief executive officer and senior pastor of Big Piney Grove Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, Va. Deborah Vesy is president and chief executive officer of the Deaconess Foundation, a private foundation committed to helping Cuyahoga County’s most disadvantaged residents prepare for, get and keep jobs. Sierra Davidson is a sophomore psychology major who is also a forward on the CSU women’s basketball team. She is currently a member of the university’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and is a volunteer for the Special Olympics and the Boys and Girls Club.</p>
<p>The CSU Board of Trustees is chaired by Bernie Moreno, president of the Bernie Moreno Companies. For full member biographies and to learn more about the Board, visit <a href="/board-of-trustees/board-of-trustees">https://www.csuohio.edu/board-of-trustees/board-of-trustees</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Over 1,900 first-year students enrolled for first day of fall semester</em></p>
<p>Cleveland State University marked the beginning of the fall semester by welcoming more than 1,900 first-year students to campus, the largest freshman class in the university’s history and a 5 percent increase over 2015. This continues an impressive streak as freshman enrollment has more than doubled since 2010. In addition, CSU saw increases both in the number of returning students and the number of credit hours taken, indicating positive movement both for retention and graduation rates.</p>
<p>"Our continued increases in freshman enrollment, which go against national trends, illustrate CSU’s position as a top destination in Northeast Ohio for higher education,” says CSU President Ronald M. Berkman. “In addition, we are very pleased to see the continued positive results of our suite of student success initiatives, which are designed to assist our students in graduating on time and with less debt.”</p>
<p>Students frequently cite CSU’s urban setting, connectivity with the community and affordability as key reasons for choosing the university. CSU also focuses on providing an Engaged Learning experience that links classroom instruction with experiential learning and career opportunities through partnerships with multiple community institutions and businesses, from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and the Cleveland Clinic to Sherwin-Williams and Parker Hannifin.</p>
<p>"Nationally, urban universities are experiencing growth because of the real-world opportunities and linkages they offer, and this is boosted even more by the momentum that is unique to Cleveland right now," adds Berkman.</p>
<p>In addition, CSU has placed a priority on student success, developing a range of initiatives over the last five years specifically designed to improve retention and graduation rates while also reducing student debt. The university was the first in the state of Ohio to offer multi-term registration, which allows students to plan their entire academic year in advance and better balance academic requirements with other priorities. It also implemented a 120-credit-hour standard for most degree programs, reducing the time and courses needed to complete a degree.</p>
<p>These efforts have reduced the cost of earning an undergraduate degree and can accelerate completion by up to an entire year. In recognition of this progress, the university received the 2015 Excellence and Innovation Award from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h4>73 Faculty join Cleveland State for the fall semester</h4>
<p>The fall semester is just around the corner and with that many new faces will be roaming the Cleveland State University campus. In addition to freshmen, transfer and graduate students, CSU is welcoming 73 new faculty members, many of whom come from flagship Association of American Universities (AAU) institutions. Among the professors are 47 tenure/tenure track faculty – by far the largest tenure/tenure track group to join Cleveland State in recent memory. Their fresh perspectives and wealth of experience will enrich the campus. Welcome!</p></div></div></div>Wed, 24 Aug 2016 16:30:39 +0000251039016657 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU, CMSD and Cleveland Foundation Partner to Create CS4Allhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-cmsd-and-cleveland-foundation-partner-create-cs4all
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University will launch an initiative aimed at providing computer science classes to all students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The project is made possible thanks to a $124,235 grant from the Cleveland Foundation.<br /><br />
This grant will help fund Phase I, which is focused on offering computer science courses in all of CMSD’s high schools within three years. The long-term goal is to expand the classes into the district’s middle and elementary schools.</p>
<p>"Cleveland is winning right now and to stay competitive we must be at the forefront of the digital economy,” said Ronn Richard, president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation. “By connecting students with the latest technology, we are connecting them with jobs that are available right now and in the future. We look forward to working with our partners at CMSD and CSU so that Cleveland is part of the third wave of the digital revolution.”<br /><br />
This local program, dubbed "CS4All" is modeled after similar programs in Chicago and New York City that offer computer science in all public schools, with the growing understanding that computational thinking and knowledge of the digital world is necessary for students’ future success.<br /><br />
“Ensuring that students have access to 21<sup>st</sup> century technology is essential for preparing students for success in a 21<sup>st</sup> century workforce,” said Eric S. Gordon, CEO of the CMSD. “Our partnership with the Cleveland Foundation and Cleveland State University will enable us to provide student access to computer science classes in every one of our schools.”<br /><br />
The grant funded the July training of 25-30 CMSD high school and middle school teachers through a professional development and support program led jointly by CSU’s Washkewicz College of Engineering and the College of Education and Human Services, creating a corps of educators who will serve as a resource base for the district as the program is implemented at full scale.<br /><br />
“CSU has been at the forefront of developing cutting-edge curricula that are designed to provide teachers with the skills necessary to train our next generation of computer scientists, engineers and technologists,” said Nigamanth Sridhar, professor of computer science at CSU and principal investigator on the grant. “We are honored and excited to be selected by the Cleveland Foundation to help CMSD in implementing CS4All for the betterment of Cleveland’s school children, and ultimately, our economy as a whole.”</p></div></div></div>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 19:00:10 +0000600093316525 at http://www.csuohio.eduMeeting the Challenge of Inclusive Excellencehttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/meeting-challenge-inclusive-excellence
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>CSU conference will offer best practices for improving diversity and inclusion in organizations</em></p>
<p>In an ever-changing world, building a culture of sustainable inclusive excellence calls for institutional introspection, a commitment to enhanced diversity training and buy-in from all facets of an organization.</p>
<p>In an effort to provide a road map for how organizations can attain inclusive excellence, Cleveland State University will host Meeting the Challenge of Inclusive Excellence, September 18-20. The comprehensive professional conference will allow national leaders in higher education, non-profit organizations and corporations to share their best practices and facilitate discussion on how true inclusive excellence can become a standard across industries. Presenters will also touch on topics ranging from implementation of inclusive excellence policies and councils to making the case for building a culture of diversity in the workplace.</p>
<p>“Inclusive excellence refers to the creation of an organizational environment that not only recognizes, appreciates, and values the talents, abilities, experiences, and perspectives of every member of the community, but also uses those characteristics to achieve organizational objectives while producing a robust, creative culture,” notes Dr. Charleyse Pratt, assistant vice president for inclusion and multicultural engagement at CSU. “This conference will bring in some of the leading national innovators in the field of diversity and inclusion to discuss the best practices necessary to create true inclusive excellence at all levels of an organization.”</p>
<p>The event, which will be held in CSU’s Student Center Ballroom, 2121 Euclid Avenue, includes sessions on diversity management and planning, training, gender equity and LGBTQ issues in the workplace. Speakers will include Renita Jefferson, director of diversity and inclusion at American Greetings Corporation, Juan Muñoz, vice provost of Texas Tech University, and Benjamin Reese, Jr., vice president of institutional equity at Duke University.</p>
<p>For more information or to register visit, <a href="/InclusionConference">www.csuohio.edu/InclusionConference</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>President Berkman, Chairman Moreno highlight officers’ tireless work during the RNC</em></p>
<p>The tireless efforts of the Cleveland State University Police Department to keep the CSU campus safe were recently recognized by President Ronald M. Berkman and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Bernie Moreno.</p>
<p>Dr. Berkman and Chairman Moreno hosted a luncheon for CSU’s security team in appreciation of its hard work during the Republican National Convention and throughout the school year. They praised the police department’s commitment to excellence, and stressed their appreciation for keeping the CSU community safe as several large demonstrations marched through the campus without incident during the RNC.</p>
<p>During the convention the CSU Police Department provided round-the-clock law enforcement not only for the campus community, but also for 600 Ohio State Troopers who stayed in Cleveland State’s residence halls. As a token of their gratitude, Dr. Berkman and Chairman Moreno presented the officers with a limited-edition medallion from the Cleveland Police Foundation commemorating their outstanding teamwork during the RNC.</p>
<p>Dr. Berkman also congratulated Chief of Police Gary Lewis and his officers for recently <a href="/news/csu-police-department-receives-calea-national-accreditation">receiving national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies</a>. Fewer than 70 colleges and universities across the United States have received the CALEA accreditation, and CSU is one of only four in Ohio.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:47:58 +0000251039016521 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU Hosts Supplier Diversity Vendor Xchange, August 25 http://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-hosts-supplier-diversity-vendor-xchange-august-25
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In an effort to enhance diversity in purchasing and business operations, Cleveland State University will host an information session to assist minority-owned businesses in working with the university. The Supplier Diversity Vendor Xchange will offer area firms the opportunity to showcase their products and services to CSU offices and departments, while learning more about the university’s purchasing operations and regulations. <strong>The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, August 25 in CSU’s Student Center Ballroom, 2121 Euclid Avenue.</strong></p>
<p>“Enhancing supplier diversity for governmental institutions and public universities is a key component to the ultimate success of minority-owned businesses, and is central to the state of Ohio’s overall diversity and economic development goals,” says Stephanie McHenry, CSU’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Business Affairs. “CSU is committed to enhancing opportunities for minority owned businesses and this event will serve as another vehicle for increasing the number of these firms that work with the university.”</p>
<p>The Xchange is targeted at firms who have received certification from the state of Ohio as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) or for businesses participating in the Encouraging Diversity, Growth and Equity (EDGE) program. Both initiatives are designed to increase supplier diversity among public institutions for minorities and economically disadvantaged groups.</p>
<p>For more information about CSU’s supplier diversity initiatives visit, <a href="/business-finance/supplier-diversity-initiative-csu">http://www.csuohio.edu/business-finance/supplier-diversity-initiative-csu</a>. To learn more about the MBE and EDGE programs visit, <a href="http://das.ohio.gov/Divisions/EqualOpportunity/MBEEDGECertification.aspx">http://das.ohio.gov/Divisions/EqualOpportunity/MBEEDGECertification.aspx</a>.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:30:41 +0000600093316520 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU initiatives help students graduate with less debthttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-initiatives-help-students-graduate-with-less-debt
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University launched a series of success initiatives in 2012 to help students graduate on time and with less debt, and those initiatives are paying off for students and their families.</p>
<p>CSU ranks second best among public universities in Ohio for average student debt per borrower, according to <a href="https://lendedu.com/blog/student-loan-debt-statistics-by-state-by-school#Ohio">LendEDU.com</a>, which helps students with loans and personal finance. The average CSU graduate’s debt is $1,828 below the state average of both public and private institutions.</p>
<p>LendEDU analyzed financial aid data for the class of 2015 recently released by Peterson's, according to <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/08/ohio_college_grads_in_2015_who_borrowed_owed_an_average_of_29391_report_says.html?platform=hootsuite">Cleveland.com</a>. The data was reported through a survey of 1,370 four-year public and private colleges.</p>
<p>Cleveland State’s comprehensive suite of student success initiatives include:</p>
<ul><li><strong>Multi-Term Registration</strong>: CSU was the first state university in Ohio -- and one of the first in the United States -- to offer multi-term registration, which lets students plan their entire academic year in advance, allowing students to stay on track to graduation while saving time and money.</li>
<li><strong>Demand-Driven Enrollment</strong>: CSU offers course waitlists that make it possible for students to request enrollment via an online waiting list for a course at full capacity. The program assists students in insuring they can complete required courses and allows departments to better track demand.</li>
<li><strong>120-Credit-Hour Standard for Graduation</strong>: Academic programs were required to reduce the average number of credit hours needed to complete most baccalaureate degree programs to 120. This allows students to complete college in less time, with less debt.</li>
<li><strong>Adjusted Tuition Band</strong>: This initiative lets students take up to six three-credit hour courses per semester at the same cost as four courses.</li>
</ul><p>Since CSU implemented these student success initiatives, four-year graduation rates have doubled over the last five years. For more information, visit <a href="/bigswitch/student-success-initiatives">www.csuohio.edu/bigswitch/student-success-initiatives</a>.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:35:16 +0000251039016517 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU Remembers Alumnus Steven LaTourette http://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-remembers-alumnus-steven-latourette
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As Cleveland State University mourns the passing of former U.S. Congressman Steven LaTourette, ’79, who passed away August 3, the university also honors his legacy to students.</p>
<p>Congressman LaTourette came to CSU’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1976 after completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan. Upon graduation, he worked as a public defender for ten years before being elected Lake County Prosecutor, serving in that position until he was elected to the United States Congress in 1994 to represent Northeast Ohio’s 14th Congressional District. He served nine terms and was a member of the House Appropriations Committee and subcommittees including Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Interior, Environment and Related Agencies.</p>
<p>After deciding not to seek re-election in 2012, LaTourette established the first endowed post-graduate fellowship at Cleveland--Marshall. The Steven C. LaTourette Graduate Public Interest Fellowship is designed to give recent Cleveland-Marshall graduates hands-on, high-level work experience in public-sector jobs, accelerating their development as civic leaders. Since 2013, students have been awarded fellowships with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Cuyahoga County Public Defender’s Office, and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.</p>
<p>“Steve was not only a distinguished alumnus but also a friend and colleague. He will be deeply missed,” says Lee Fisher, interim dean of Cleveland-Marshall and former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio. “One of his greatest legacies was his constant search for consensus, common ground, and bipartisanship. He set a standard that should serve as a future model for public service.”</p>
<p>Congressman LaTourette also served on the the Cleveland-Marshall National Advisory Board, was a featured speaker at Alumni Homecoming, and hosted multiple law school reunions in the Washington, D.C. area. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree from CSU in 2005 as well as the university's In Tribute to Public Service award in 2013.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Speakers include Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center</em></p>
<p>How are people, especially young people, influenced by hate groups to plan and initiate acts of terrorism? In order to understand what the larger forces are that motivate people to take such extreme measures, we need to closely examine the social structures that lead youth to join these organizations as well as the ideological beliefs that motivate these young people.</p>
<p>College and University Peacebuilding Approaches to Violent Extremism and Youth Recruitment, hosted by Cleveland State University, will assess the sociocultural factors that lead individuals to join extremist groups and the prevention methods universities can assist in implementing to reduce recruitment and the overall incidence of violent extremism in general. <strong>The conference will be held Oct. 6-8 at CSU’s Wolstein Center, 2000 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio</strong>. This is one of the first academic symposia to address the college and university role in peacebuilding.</p>
<p>“Given the current international circumstances, how do we address the need for increased awareness and participation in community-driven conversations on youth education and advocacy to prevent recruitment into potential violent extremism,” asks Marius Boboc, CSU professor of education and vice provost for academic planning. “Understanding how local communities are interconnected with regional, national, and international settings will allow us to identify appropriate strategies that address both micro and macro levels of peace education and conflict resolution.”</p>
<p>The conference seeks to highlight prevention strategies with a focus on education, community relations, and addressing structural violence caused by poverty, gender bias, and lack of access to basic needs. It will also offer an opportunity for college and university faculty and staff to consider how the content and ideas presented can be integrated into curriculum, programming and university policies and procedures. </p>
<p>Speakers for the event will include Heidi Beirich, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, Michael Rolince, former Acting Assistant Director for Intelligence with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Brett Steele, Acting Deputy Director of the Combatting Violent Extremism Task Force within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.</p>
<p>The conference is co-sponsored by the Alliance for Peacebuilding, Baldwin Wallace University, Case Western Reserve University, Cuyahoga Community College, George Mason University, The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Kent State University, The Ohio School Resource Officer Association, The Ohio State University, Stark State College, The United Network of Young Peacebuilders, The University of Michigan, and Wayne State University.</p>
<p><a href="/cehs/cve/cve-conference">Register here</a>.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:18:34 +0000600093315608 at http://www.csuohio.eduProtecting the Civil Liberties of All Americanshttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/protecting-civil-liberties-all-americans
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Mike Brickner fell in love with social justice at an early age. While in high school, the graduate of CSU’s Master in Diversity Management program, was selected to attend a summer institute on public policy sponsored by the Junior State of America which provided a tremendous education on the social issues facing the United States and the policies that helped, and in some cases hampered, efforts to address these challenges.</p>
<p>“The program was the first time I saw how our laws and policies worked to perpetuate many of the injustices that concerned me. It instilled in me a passion for making that system work better for all people,” Brickner says.</p>
<p>He later attended Hiram College where he earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and immersed himself in campus activism, serving on the Student Senate and participating in the Model UN and Students Against Social Injustice among other organizations. As he was getting ready to graduate, Brickner saw a job posting for a part time field organizer position with the ACLU of Ohio and jumped at the chance to join the organization. He served as part of their voter protection operation during the 2004 election cycle working to insure that voting rights and access were being upheld by local governments and not inhibited by political campaigns.</p>
<p>“Low pay, long hours, no guarantee of full time employment? Sign me up!” Brickner jokes. “It really was a baptism by fire but the work I was doing and the mission of the ACLU really spoke to me. Insuring the right to vote for all Americans is one of the most important roles of democratic government and the ACLU has long played a lead role in defending and expanding access to the ballot.”</p>
<p>Brickner was ultimately hired full time and moved up the ranks, serving in various field and political roles before being named ACLU of Ohio’s Senior Policy Director. Along the way he also returned to school to get a graduate degree from Cleveland State, and he argues the diversity and psychological training he received has significantly enhanced his management abilities and helped him better work with the ACLU’s diverse stakeholders.</p>
<p>He currently coordinates overall legislative strategy, including developing policy proposals and leading education campaigns that further the ACLU’s mission. This includes advocating for reforms that will better protect civil liberties, voting rights and the rights of prisoners and the accused, among many other issues.</p>
<p>“This position allows me to utilize my passion for social activism to directly impact the laws governing society and make things better for all members of our community,” Brickner adds.</p>
<p>While he focuses most of his time today on directing the ACLU’s vision for policy and advocacy, Brickner still assists in campaign initiatives and had a lead role in overseeing the ACLU’s efforts during the 2016 Republican National Convention to protect free speech and the rights of protesters. This included helping to staff the organization’s “war room” where he and colleagues monitored protests as they developed, and the police’s response, to insure that speech was not being repressed.</p>
<p>“Free speech and public safety are not opposing values. Keeping people safe is an important and admirable goal, but we cannot allow fear to sacrifice our most precious right to express our political beliefs,” Brickner notes.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University is one of nine colleges and universities nationwide being honored by <em>University Business</em> magazine with its 2016 Models of Excellence award. Sponsored by CASHNet, the Models of Excellence program highlights innovative approaches to encouraging and nurturing student success on campus.</p>
<p>CSU was recognized for its Sullivan-Deckard Scholars Opportunity Program which provides financial support, mentoring, and engaged learning experiences specifically targeted for students aging out of foster care to assist them in succeeding at the university level.</p>
<p>“CSU recognizes different student populations require different types of support,” says <em>University Business </em>senior editor Tim Goral. “Foster children often need a combination of academic, social and financial aid to succeed in college; Cleveland State is stepping up to give this population a fair chance at higher education and the opportunity it brings.”</p>
<p>"Foster children are one of the more at-risk populations in society and one of the least likely groups to earn a college degree," notes Charleyse Pratt, assistant vice president for inclusion and multicultural engagement at CSU. "This initiative is one of the first of its kind to provide a holistic system of support for foster children, financial, educational and cultural, to assist them in transitioning out of the system and into an institution of higher learning with the ultimate goal of completing their degree.”</p>
<p>The Sullivan-Deckard program identifies students while still in high school and provides support through the college application process. Once admitted and enrolled, students receive free, year-round housing and money for tuition and books, work-study employment, academic support including tutoring, coaching, and advising, and both professional mentoring and peer support.</p>
<p>“You can’t just drop them in the deep end of the pool and expect everybody to swim,” Pratt says. “There are some nuances associated with this population that if we are more keenly aware we can modify our intervention or our support.”</p>
<p>The Sullivan-Deckard Scholars Opportunity Program at CSU was created in 2015 thanks to a $2.3 million combined gift from Frank and Barbara Sullivan and Jenniffer and Daryl Deckard. The program will welcome its second cohort of students in the fall of 2016.</p>
<p>In addition to Cleveland State University, 2016 Models of Excellence honorees include: California State University, San Bernardino; Christopher Newport University; Franklin University; Indiana University Southeast; LDS Business College; Middle Tennessee State University; University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Wisconsin-Parkside.</p>
<p>“These honorees demonstrate how inclusivity and personalized attention for all students benefits higher education holistically,” says Edward Worrilow, head of marketing and communications at CASHNet. “We are pleased to recognize their efforts alongside <em>University Business</em>.”</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In recognition of Cleveland State University’s ongoing efforts to enhance student success, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities today named CSU as one of five finalists for its 2016 Project Degree Completion Award. The annual prize recognizes public universities across the country that employ innovative approaches to improve retention and degree completion.</p>
<p>The award includes a $15,000 prize given to the winning institution to further its efforts to improve student outcomes. A panel of seven judges reviewed the applications and determined the finalists. The award winner will be announced and all finalists will be recognized at the APLU Annual Meeting, November 13-15, in Austin, Texas.</p>
<p>CSU was selected due to its nationally recognized student success initiatives which have greatly improved retention and graduation rates while also reducing student debt. By providing detailed semester-by-semester degree maps when students arrive at Cleveland State, the institution ensures students know the courses they will need to complete to graduate in a timely manner. Other key components of the program include summer programming for incoming freshmen who are at risk academically, multi-term registration, and the establishment of the expectation (supported by tuition policies) that full-time students take at least 15-credit loads to graduate in four years.</p>
<p>“Raising degree completion rates remains key to achieving our national goal of 60 percent of adult Americans holding a bachelor’s degree by 2025,” said APLU President Peter McPherson. “Meeting that goal will require increasing not only the number of students entering college, but just as important, the number graduating. Cleveland State has made great strides in improving student retention and degree completion – and we’re thrilled to share their experiences so other institutions can replicate their approaches and results.” </p>
<p>The award is part of <a href="http://www.aplu.org/projects-and-initiatives/project-degree-completion/project-degree-completion-in-depth/index.html">Project Degree Completion</a>— a joint initiative that APLU and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities developed in which nearly 500 public colleges and universities have pledged to collectively award 3.8 million more degrees by 2025. The other finalists for the 2016 Project Degree Completion are California State University, Fresno; Montana State University; the University of California, Riverside; and Wayne State University.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University has teamed up with several community partners to create a $150 million <b>education park</b> downtown, which offers high-quality and accessible educational opportunities to students from kindergarten through college. </p>
<p>The education park consists of five entities within a few blocks of each other. Here’s a closer look at each one.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The <b>Republican National Convention</b> is just around the corner and Cleveland is ready to step into the spotlight. From the popular Cleveland script signs to “We The People” banners to “Unconventional Knowledge” posters to loudspeakers playing Rock Hall tunes – the city is pulling out all the stops to make the RNC a memorable event for visitors.</p>
<p>One of the brains behind the effort is Cleveland State University alumna <b>Hannah Belsito</b>. As vice president of destination development and community affairs at Destination Cleveland, she is in charge of creating an unforgettable visitor experience during the RNC.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As Chief of Rangers for <a href="http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clevelandmetroparks.com%2FMain%2FParkRangers.aspx&amp;t=MTQxYmYzNmNjYjIxMGU0Y2NkZWFjZmNjZGM5NmMzMzU1NTI3NmI3NSxhdGVtMmFZaA%3D%3D">Cleveland Metroparks</a>, <b>Daniel Veloski</b> is responsible for the safety of more than 43 million visitors every year. This Cleveland State University graduate’s jurisdiction covers more than 23,000 acres of land, 100 miles of connecting parkways and even the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.</p>
<p>“We’re peace officers first,” says Veloski, who leads a team of more than 80 sworn-in officers. “Our number one objective is to make sure that our parks are peaceful and safe for all of our visitors and all of our employees. But it’s not just about public safety. It’s also about welcoming guests to our park district. Many of them know us and some don’t.”</p>
<p>Now the Rangers are about to get a lot more face time with new faces.</p>
<p>The Metroparks expect an influx of out-of-town visitors leading up to and during the <b>Republican National Convention</b> in Cleveland this month. Delegates, journalists, volunteers and citizens looking for venues to express their views, or take a break from the hustle and bustle of the RNC, are expected visit the Metroparks’ nature centers, golf courses and other amenities.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Michael Williams, Ph.D., director of the Black Studies Program at Cleveland State University, unexpectedly passed away July 12, 2016, at St. Vincent Charity Medical Center.</p>
<p>Holding a doctorate in Social Work from the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Williams came to CSU in 1985 as an assistant professor in what was then the Department of Social Work. He was tenured and promoted to associate professor in 1991.</p>
<p>In 2004, Dr. Williams was appointed director of the Black Studies Program (which he previously led as interim director), a position he held until his untimely death. He was a popular teacher and a respected colleague, and under his leadership, CSU inaugurated its bachelor’s degree in Black Studies in 2010.</p>
<p>“Dr. Williams was an untiring ambassador for Cleveland State University,” said Greg Sadlek, Ph.D., dean of CSU’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. “His steady leadership skills were widely recognized, not only on the CSU campus but also within the larger Cleveland community. He will be missed.” </p>
<p>Here are the funeral arrangements for Dr. Williams:</p>
<p><strong>Viewing: Thursday, July 21, 2:00 - 8:00 p.m.</strong><br />
Calhoun Funeral Home<br />
23000 Rockside Road<br />
Bedford Heights, OH 44146</p>
<p><strong>Wake: Friday, July 22, 1:00 p.m.</strong><br /><strong>Funeral: Friday, July 22, 2:00 p.m.</strong><br />
Fellowship Church of God<br />
24821 Columbus Road<br />
Bedford Heights, OH 44146</p></div></div></div>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:22:43 +0000259439215457 at http://www.csuohio.eduWashkewicz College of Engineering Appoints New Department Chairshttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/washkewicz-college-engineering-appoints-new-department-chairs
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Washkewicz College of Engineering appointed Dr. Michael L. Adams as Chair of the Department of Engineering Technology, effective July 1, 2016, and Dr. Lutful Khan as Chair for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, effective August 1, 2016. </p>
<p>A national search was conducted for the Engineering Technology Department Chair where Dr. Adams emerged as a strong, innovative leader. He will join the Engineering Technology Department as an Associate Professor. </p>
<p>With multiple potential leaders within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dr. Khan emerged as a clear visionary leader for the department and received solid support from faculty and his peers. </p>
<p>“I am confident that under Drs. Adams’ and Khan’s leadership, the Departments of Engineering Technology and Civil and Environmental Engineering will prosper and reach their full potential,” said Dean Dr. Anette Karlsson.</p>
<p>Dr. Michael L. Adams earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 2001. He is currently a College Associate Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Cleveland State University and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University. He also owns his own consulting company, Mechanical Vibration Innovations, LLC. His areas of interest include mechanical vibration, sensor development, signal processing, machinery troubleshooting and design. He is an enthusiastic educator, often bringing elements of his research and industrial experience into the classroom.</p>
<p>Dr. Lutful I. Khan obtained his doctoral degree from Lehigh University, Pa., in 1991 and joined the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Cleveland State University in the same year. His research interests include deep foundations, retaining walls, soil stabilization, terrestrial and microgravity porous media flow, soil decontamination and reuse of industrial wastes. Some of his innovations include development of a novel soil decontamination process using coupled electric-hydraulic gradient, Kaolinite clay based hydrophilic treatment of non-wetting porous graphite and stainless steel and development of porous media based passive condenser heat exchangers for terrestrial and microgravity environments. Dr. Khan is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio.</p>
<p><strong>About the Washkewicz College of Engineering</strong></p>
<p>Since 1923, the Washkewicz College of Engineering has provided a tradition of high quality undergraduate and graduate education in engineering and engineering technology. Located on the campus of Cleveland State University in the heart of downtown Cleveland, the College is home to 2,500 students and is consistently ranked as one of the top engineering colleges in the state and nation.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:37:03 +0000251039015454 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU Designated as Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universityhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-designated-innovation-economic-prosperity-university
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>One of only six public universities in the nation to receive designation from APLU in 2016</em></p>
<p>In recognition of its strong commitment to economic engagement, the <a href="http://www.aplu.org/">Association of Public and Land-grant Universities</a> (APLU) today designated Cleveland State University as an Innovation &amp; Economic Prosperity (IEP) University. It acknowledges public research universities working with public and private sector partners in their states and regions to support economic development through a variety of activities, including innovation and entrepreneurship, technology transfer, talent and workforce development, and community development. </p>
<p>“CSU has long made innovation, economic development and community investment key university priorities,” notes Cleveland State President Ronald M. Berkman. “The IEP designation highlights the tremendous success we have had in promoting workforce development, entrepreneurship and technology transfer, while also illustrating the significant impact colleges and universities can have in community development and revival.”</p>
<p>“Public research universities such as Cleveland State serve as economic engines for their local communities and states by conducting cutting-edge research that yields breakthroughs that improve life well beyond the confines of campus,” said APLU President Peter McPherson. “Equally important, these institutions cultivate the talent necessary to help fledgling business take flight and ensure existing enterprises have the human capital they need to maintain their dynamism.”</p>
<p>The APLU designation cited CSU for its focus on connecting students’ academic work with community priorities, the economy, and their own career objectives, while also promoting research and education programs with significant community and economic benefit. Examples include: numerous government and company partnerships, including with Parker Hannifin and NASA’s John Glenn Research Center, a multidisciplinary and collaborative focus on the region’s urban health workforce, through the NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban Health, and educational and research collaborations with the Cleveland Clinic and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.</p>
<p>CSU also serves as the business development, technology transfer and industry outreach hub to the Ohio Federal Research Network’s technical Centers of Excellence and houses Northeast Ohio’s Small Business Development Center and International Trade Assistance Center. According to a report by the Center for Economic Development CSU currently contributes over $680 million and 6,700 jobs to the Greater Cleveland economy.</p>
<p>“Over the last decade, Cleveland State has made significant strides in growing our research enterprise with a dual focus on cutting-edge, basic research and high value-add applied research in partnership with companies throughout the region.” adds Jerzy T. Sawicki, CSU Vice President for Research. “Moving forward, we will seek to further our efforts to conduct research, innovation and technology transfer initiatives that have a significant impact on the economy and society as a whole.”</p>
<p>For more information about the university’s innovation activities visit <a href="/innovation">http://www.csuohio.edu/innovation</a>.</p>
<p>CSU is one of only six public schools designated nationally as an IEP university in 2016. Applications were evaluated by a panel of reviewers representing other universities and regional and national partners, including the Association of University Research Parks, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization and the Kauffman Foundation. Scoring was based on a range of criteria emphasizing universities’ development of their economic engagement enterprise, their planning efforts around economic engagement, strategic communications around these efforts, and participation in encouraging economic engagement among peer institutions.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The 2016 George S. Dively Award for Corporate Leadership in Urban Development presented by Cleveland State University is being awarded to Third Federal Savings and Loan in recognition of their sustained commitment to the Broadway Slavic Village neighborhood of Cleveland and to the Broadway P-16 Initiative that places children at the center of neighborhood change.</p>
<p>The Dively Award recognizes the importance of corporate leadership in urban development projects. The late George S. Dively, chairman emeritus of the Harris Corporation, established the award in 1983. It is administered by CSU’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.</p>
<p>The award will be presented to Third Federal June 29, as part of the Levin College Forum program, Growing a Healthy Community: What it Takes. Accepting on behalf of Third Federal will by Kurt Karakul, executive director of the Third Federal Foundation.</p>
<p>The Forum features a special keynote address by Alex Kotlowitz, award winning American journalist and author of the 2009 <em>New York Times</em> magazine cover story on Slavic Village that brought national attention to the devastation caused by the foreclosure crisis. In his keynote address, "The Things They Carry: Growing Up Poor in the World's Richest Nation -- and What It Takes to Build Community" he will share the stories of people growing up in poverty and will suggest what needs to be done to strengthen and re-fortify community.</p>
<p>Third Federal has been a consistent presence in the Slavic Village neighborhood, and invested millions of dollars in 1999 in a new corporate headquarters building on the site of its original bank, founded in 1938 on Broadway Avenue. In addition, the Third Federal Foundation created the P-16 educational program in partnership the Cleveland Metropolitan School District to improve educational attainment for city school children. Through this effort, the foundation has invested more than $1.5 million a year in cradle-to-career high quality educational and community programs for children from pre-birth to graduation from college. Together with its community partners, the Foundation has also been working on a comprehensive strategy to reduce and remove the barriers poverty creates and rebuild local communities.</p>
<p>The Dively Award provides a one-year paid internship for a Levin College student to assist a non-profit organization selected by Third Federal.</p>
<p>The forum is free and open to the public. For more information or to register please go to <a href="/urban/forum/Levin-College-Forum-growing-health-community-Alex-Kotlowitz">https://www.csuohio.edu/urban/forum/Levin-College-Forum-growing-health-community-Alex-Kotlowitz</a>.</p>
<p>The Growing a Healthy Community forum series is a partnership between the Third Federal Foundation, Cleveland State University's Levin College of Urban Affairs and WVIZ/PBS ideastream.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Bill Barrow, head of Special Collections in the <a href="http://library.csuohio.edu/">Michael Schwartz Library</a> at Cleveland State University, has received the Alumnus of the Year Award from the <a href="https://www.kent.edu/slis">School of Library and Information Science</a> at Kent State University.</p>
<p>The award is presented to a KSU graduate who has made a significant contribution to the field of library and information science.</p>
<p>Barrow received his Master of Library Science degree from KSU. He also holds bachelor’s master’s degrees in history from CSU.</p>
<p>In the Michael Schwartz Library, Barrow leads the team that runs the <a href="http://www.clevelandmemory.org">Cleveland Memory Project</a>. Launched in 2002, this extensive repository of Northeast Ohio history draws in part upon the library’s Special Collections, including approximately 1 million clips and 500,000 photographs from the Cleveland Press newspaper (which ceased publication in 1982), as well as thousands of documents, photos, films and other materials related to the construction of Cleveland's landmark Terminal Tower complex and other development projects, recordings of City Club of Cleveland speeches spanning several decades and other blasts from the past. </p></div></div></div>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 18:48:12 +0000259439215014 at http://www.csuohio.eduLee Fisher Named Interim Dean of Cleveland-Marshall College of Lawhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/lee-fisher-named-interim-dean-cleveland-marshall-college-law
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Lee Fisher, former Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General of Ohio, has been appointed Interim Dean of Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law for the 2016-17 academic year. Fisher will continue to enhance the law school’s academic reputation, while building on the innovative efforts Cleveland-Marshall has recently developed to enhance career readiness for its graduates and promote greater connectivity with the Cleveland community.</p>
<p>“As a lifelong Clevelander, I am honored to serve as Interim Dean of what I believe to be one of the most important institutions in the State of Ohio, Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law,” said Fisher.</p>
<p>“Lee is an experienced and innovative public servant and community leader who will continue to advance the Law School’s reputation as one of the top educational institutions in the nation,” noted Jianping Zhu, CSU Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs.</p>
<p>Fisher served as Attorney General of Ohio from 1991-1995 and as Lieutenant Governor of Ohio with Governor Ted Strickland from 2007-2011. Previously, he spent eight years as an Ohio State Senator and two years as an Ohio State Representative. Additionally, Fisher has decades of experience in legal practice, most extensively with Cleveland-based Hahn Loeser &amp; Parks as Of Counsel from 1978-1990 and Partner from 1995-1999. He was most recently President of CEOs for Cities, a global, nonprofit network of urban leaders focused on making cities more successful, and a Senior Fellow with the Center for Economic Development at CSU’s Levin College of Urban Afffairs. </p>
<p>Fisher, who will also serve as Visiting Professor of Law, officially began his role on June 1. A national search for a permanent dean will commence at a later date.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:20:41 +0000600093314336 at http://www.csuohio.eduJulie Hutchison: Creating a Community through Coffee and Cuisinehttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/julie-hutchison-creating-community-through-coffee-and-cuisine
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Studying anthropology might seem far removed from the restaurant business but for CSU alumna Julie Hutchison, studying humans and their societies was a perfect primer for creating a community-focused eatery that caters to the health and wellness of its customers.</p>
<p>Hutchison co-owns the Root Café, a vegetarian eatery in Lakewood, with partner Bobby Breitenstein. On top of being a prominent destination for locally sourced, organic cuisine, the café has become a community center, hosting music events, poetry readings, art exhibitions and local neighborhood meetings. Its growing reputation as a Lakewood staple led to the restaurant being selected by MSNBC as the host for one of its live broadcasts during the 2016 Ohio Presidential Primary.</p>
<p>“Bobby and I are both passionate about our community and for us the Root Café is much more than just a restaurant,” Hutchison says. “It is a place where people from all walks of life can come together, share a meal, a conversation and experience the best of what a multicultural society has to offer.”</p>
<p>Hutchison first got into the restaurant business while working her way through CSU. She started at Phoenix Coffee Company as a barista then ultimately become the store manager. When the owner decided to sell in 1999 he offered Hutchison the first chance to take over the business. She agreed and became the full time owner while still going to CSU part time, completing her Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology with a minor in dance in 2005.</p>
<p>“I was not planning a career in food service but I really enjoyed the job and when the opportunity came my way to run the business I decided to take it,” Hutchison adds. “And the idea of selling coffee, which is such an important cultural phenomenon in numerous societies, really made sense to me from an anthropological perspective.”</p>
<p>Hutchison would bring Breitenstein on as a partner and the two would expand the business over the next decade before deciding they wanted a larger restaurant with a different focus. This led to the opening of the Root Café in 2009. The restaurant features a full vegetarian menu and also includes a community garden which is maintained by café employees and produces ingredients used at the Root. The café was named the best vegetarian restaurant in the region by the Cleveland Hot List in 2015.</p>
<p>Hutchison has also remained highly committed to promoting the arts as a community resource, a passion that was enhanced during her time on campus by CSU dance professor Lynn Deering, who remains a friend and mentor. She currently leads a cultural exchange between U.S. and Cuban artists and will be taking a group of musicians and dancers there in May of 2017 for the Guarapachanga Music Festival in Pinar Del Rio.</p>
<p>Hutchison says that her father wanted her to get a business degree and was uneasy when she decided to major in anthropology and dance in college.</p>
<p>“Now that I am a pretty successful businesswoman he thinks it worked out ok,” she jokes.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 31 May 2016 14:42:17 +0000600093314199 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU Scholar Explores the Future of American Constitutional Law http://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-scholar-explores-future-american-constitutional-law
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>David Forte will serve as Garwood Visiting Professor and Research Fellow in Princeton’s James Madison Program</em></p>
<p>David Forte, professor of law in Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, has been named the Garwood Visiting Professor in Department of Politics and research fellow at the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions both at Princeton University.</p>
<p>As part of the yearlong fellowship, Forte will teach a course entitled The Successful President in which students will evaluate the relative successes of various presidents according to criteria based upon Constitutional principles.</p>
<p> “The notion of liberty and the President’s role in protecting it continues to evolve and will have a significant impact on the future of public policy as well as the lives of individual Americans,” Forte says. “Through this fellowship I hope to engage students on key principles underlying the Constitution, while also conducting research that will enhance insights on American liberty and democracy.”</p>
<p>Forte is a noted Constitutional scholar who has lectured widely in the United States and abroad with a focus on the Supreme Court, the First Amendment, religious liberty, and international affairs. During the Reagan Administration, he served as Chief Counsel to the United States Delegation to the United Nations. He is a member of the Ohio State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and was a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the University of Trento, Italy, in 2003.</p>
<p>The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions is dedicated to the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the fields of constitutional law and political thought. Sponsored by Princeton's Department of Politics, the Program seeks to enrich the intellectual life of Princeton students and faculty by exploring American constitutional principles and structures through research and public discussion.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Washkewicz College of Engineering is partnering with Ernst &amp; Young to host the 2016 Ohio Cooperative Education Association Conference, May 24-26. This year’s event is entitled: "You Are Here: Reflect, Recharge, Refine.” </p>
<p>The conference will focus on the value of co-ops and internships for educators, employers and students as well as the steps that can be taken to improve the access and quality of experiential learning opportunities. The event will be held at Ernst &amp; Young’s Richard T. Baker Conference Center, 950 Main Avenue in Cleveland,</p>
<p>The event’s keynote speaker will be Teresa Hack, President and COO of Channel Products, a Cleveland-based manufacturer of innovative ignition components and systems, safety controls, and piezo-ceramic elements for multiple industries.</p>
<p>The <strong>Ohio Cooperative Education Association</strong> is a nonprofit professional association founded in 1971 and focused on promoting the growth of an best practices in experiential learning. The Washkewicz College of Engineering’s Fenn Co-op program was awarded the OCEA’s E. Sam Sovilla Award for Excellence in Cooperative Education at the 2015 annual conference. </p>
<p>For more information on the conference visit, <a href="http://www.ohioco-op.com/event-2152003">http://www.ohioco-op.com/event-2152003</a>.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>CSU-Downtown Cleveland Alliance report illustrates the need for continued investment in Downtown Cleveland </em></p>
<p>The Downtown Cleveland revival remains strong yet fragile and in need of continued nurturing according to a report released today by Cleveland State University and Downtown Cleveland Alliance.</p>
<p>Authored by Richey Piiparinen, Jim Russell and Charlie Post at CSU’s Center for Population Dynamics in the Maxine Goodman Levin College for Urban Affairs, “Downtown Cleveland: The Dynamic Engine of a Talent-Driven Economy” highlights the economic effects of the changes taking place in Downtown Cleveland over the past several years, including the increasing population size, on-going job recovery since the recession, increasing value of Downtown properties and gain of employers to the region.</p>
<p>“No other neighborhood in Greater Cleveland has redeveloped as quickly and noticeably around the ‘live, work, play’ model as Downtown Cleveland,” the report says. “[Our analysis] details this shift, with the intent to not only discuss what these changes mean for the future of Downtown, but what Downtown Cleveland’s evolution means for the region as a whole.”</p>
<p>“There is national consensus that a strong downtown core is necessary to generate strong surrounding neighborhoods and a strong region,” says Michael Deemer, DCA’s Executive Vice President of Business Development. “The data in this report illustrates that Downtown’s growth is just scratching the surface of its full potential. We’ve seen great changes in Downtown and this report shows that these changes are having a positive effect on our region, but also that there is a need for continued growth.”</p>
<p>Additional report highlights include:</p>
<ul><li>Only 7 percent of all jobs in Cuyahoga County are located in Downtown Cleveland, but those jobs generate 17.4 percent of Cuyahoga County’s total income.</li>
<li>21 percent of downtown residents work in the healthcare industry.</li>
<li>Population growth is leading to the increased value of residential housing in Downtown Cleveland. </li>
<li>Downtown provides a talent base that attracts employers into Downtown, while also providing talented employees to employers throughout the region.</li>
<li>The largest employment sectors in Downtown Cleveland are professional, scientific, and technical services; government; education; finance and insurance; and management.</li>
<li>Job recovery is taking place, but has not returned to pre-recession levels.</li>
<li>Economic restructuring taking place downtown with the trend toward higher paying knowledge economy jobs.</li>
<li>Downtown Cleveland’s talent base is attracting employers like IBM, New York Life and Brandmuscle, but commercial office property values still lag residential property values.</li>
</ul><p>The full report can be found <a href="http://www.downtowncleveland.com/media/266235/Talent-Driven-Economy-Study-2016-digital.pdf">here</a>. Visit <a href="http://www.DowntownCleveland.com">www.DowntownCleveland.com</a> for more information.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>CSU's Wei Wang conducts one of the first studies to identify best methods for optimizing capital</em></p>
<p>A key facet in corporate management is capital structure, or the percentage of equity a firm uses for operations and growth versus the percentage of debt, typically in the form of loans. Conflicts over the balance between these two vehicles, particularly between CEOs and shareholders, is often a major problem for public companies and can greatly impact firm success. However, there has been little understanding of the types of organizational mechanisms that are best suited to preventing conflict and assist in developing the optimal capital structure for individual companies.</p>
<p>A research team, led by Wei Wang, Assistant Professor of Finance at Cleveland State University, has sought to address this issue through a comprehensive study of organizational and capital structures in thousands of firms across various industries. The findings, published in the <em>Journal of Financial Research</em>, indicate that CEOs tend to use too little debt, failing to maximize firm value, and that a higher debt ratio and a faster speed of adjustment toward the optimal capital structure are directly tied to better corporate governance.</p>
<p>“The proper ‘mix’ of debt versus equity is an important predictor of long term corporate health,” notes Wang. “Our research shows that a strong corporate governance structure is crucial to securing the appropriate use of debt.”</p>
<p>In particular, Wang argues that firms with a more independent board of directors, featuring CEO–chairman separation and greater presence of outside directors, coupled with larger institutional shareholding experience less conflict over capital structure and better optimize use of capital over time. In contrast, use of stock and stock options in CEOs’ compensation, designed to provide incentives to CEOs, on average discourages use of debt or adjustments toward the shareholders' desired levels.</p>
<p>“CEOs, particularly when their compensation is heavily tied to the firm’s success, are very risk averse when it comes to capital structure and often hold the use of debt below the level where the firm’s cost of capital is minimized because debt enhances the firm’s risk despite being cheaper than equity,” Wang adds. “ Corporate governance plays an important role in urging the CEO to strike a balance between debt’s benefits and costs by increasing its use and thus maximizing the firm’s value to shareholders.”</p>
<p>Wang conducted the study with Connie Liao, Assistant Professor of Finance at Tunghai University in Taiwan and Tarun Mukherjee, Professor of Financial Economics at the University of New Orleans. Their paper received the<em> Journal of Financial Research’s </em>2015 Outstanding Article Award.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Event will focus on how the 2016 presidential election is transforming voter engagement and electoral politics</em></p>
<p>CLEVELAND (Tuesday May 9, 2016) – The 2016 presidential election has already been one of the most controversial and transformative elections in American history, bringing new ideas, groups and individuals into the political discussion while also changing the ways candidates interact and communicate with voters. How will this ongoing transformation affect democracy moving forward and impact the leaders and government we ultimately get?</p>
<p>This question will be the focus of a Salon discussion hosted by TEDxClevelandStateUniversity, featuring a panel of former elected officials, political activists and experts who will assess the current campaign environment and what it will mean for America’s future. It will also include audience Q&amp;A and the opportunity to interact with the speakers following formal presentations. <strong>The event will be held Wednesday, July 20</strong><strong> from </strong><strong>10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the CSU Student Center Ballroom. It is free and open to the public and lunch will be served. Seating is limited to 150 people and registration is required. For more information and to sign up for the event visit, </strong><a href="http://tedxclevelandstateuniversity.com/tedxsalon">http://tedxclevelandstateuniversity.com/tedxsalon</a>.</p>
<p>“With the Republican National Convention being held in Cleveland, we have a perfect opportunity to see first-hand how the old rules governing presidential elections no longer apply,” says Colette Hart, co-director of TEDxClevelandStateUniversity. “This has tremendous implications for voter engagement, voter efficacy and ultimately public policy. This Salon seeks to assess how the transformations we have witnessed in 2016 will change government and society as a whole.”</p>
<p>Participants for the event include Lee Fisher, President of CEOs for Cities and former Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, Lee Weingart, Founder and President of the LNE Group and former Cuyahoga County Commissioner, Sharon Broussard, Chief Editorial Writer for cleveland.com and <em>The Plain Dealer</em> and Richard Perloff, Professor of Communication and Political Science at CSU and author of <em>The Dynamics of Political Communication: Media and Politics in a Digital Age</em>. The panel will be facilitated by Edward Horowitz, Associate Professor of Communication at CSU and an expert in political communication and socialization.</p>
<p><strong>TEDxClevelandStateUniversity</strong></p>
<p>A TED branded organization, TEDxClevelandStateUniversity brings together community leaders, innovators and activists from throughout Northeast Ohio to engage in proactive discussions on how we can work together to make society better. It hosts an annual conference and smaller Salon events which seek to spark community discussion on specific topics of community interest.</p>
<p><strong>TED</strong></p>
<p>TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California almost 30 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The two annual TED Conferences invite the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes on a diverse mix of topics. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Isabel Allende and former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.</p>
<p><strong>About Cleveland State University </strong></p>
<p>Founded in 1964, Cleveland State University is a public research institution that provides a dynamic setting for Engaged Learning. With 17,000-plus students, nine colleges and more than 175 academic programs, CSU was again chosen for 2016 as one of America’s best universities by U.S. News &amp; World Report. Find more information at <a href="">www.csuohio.edu</a>.</p>
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